Schwan-Stabilo

Schwan-STABILO Group

Type	Private
Industry	Stationery
Founded	1855 (1855)
Founder	Gustav Schwanhäußer
Headquarters	Heroldsberg, Bavaria, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Schwanhäußer Family ^[1]
Products	Writing instruments, Art materials, Cosmetics
Number of employees	3,335 ^[2]
Website	schwan-stabilo.com

Schwan-STABILO is a German maker of pens for writing, colouring and cosmetics as well as markers and highlighters for office use.^[3] It is the world's largest manufacturer of highlighter pens, Stabilo Boss.^[4]

History

The company was founded as Grossberger & Kurz Bleistiftfabrik (pencil company) in Nuremberg in 1855 alongside other pencil manufacturers such as Staedtler and Faber-Castell because the area is surrounded by graphite and clay mines. It was acquired by the Schwanhäusser family in 1865. Taking the first part from the family name, the company was renamed Schwan Bleistift Fabrik and started using the swan logo as one of the earliest trademarks. In 1909 the Dermatograph cosmestic pen was created which was primarily used by surgeons for marking skin. During the Great Depression, Schwan had three brands; Stabilo premium pencils for the most demanding users, Othello pencils for mass markets and Swano non-toxic pencils for children.

The company rebranded itself from Schwan Bleistift Fabrik to Schwan-Stabilo in 1976 in honour of the Schwanhäußer family. In 1992, Schwan-Stabilo split into two separate companies: Schwan-STABILO Cosmetics and Schwan-STABILO (writing instruments)

The company headquarters is based in Heroldsberg, Germany and have three production subsidiaries:

Weißenburg in Bayern, Germany where the highlighter is manufactured, incorporated in 1986
Johor Bahru, Malaysia where the ballpoint pen is manufactured, incorporated in 1976 as Swan Malaysia
Český Krumlov, Czech Republic where the wood based pencil is manufactured, incorporated in 1992

Gallery

Old Stabilo Logo
Schwan Bleistift Fabrik Logo
Schwan Bleistift Fabrik Logo
Original Stabilo Boss Highlighter
Stabilo Point 88
Stabilo Move
Stabilo Boss Highlighters

Group companies

Stabilo company logo

Brand	Products
Stabilo	coloured pencils, ballpoint pens, marker pens, highlighters
Schwan-Stabilo Cosmetics	cosmetics, skin treatments
Stabilo-Promotions	ballpoint pens, marker pens, highlighters
Deuter	backpacks
Ortovox	Mountain Equipment

References

External links

Fountain pen manufacturers by country

Australia	Curtis Australia

Brazil	Crown

Canada	André Juillet

China	Baoer Beifa Hero Jinhao

Croatia	TOZ Penkala

Czech Republic	Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth

France	BIC Cartier Guy Laroche Hermès J. Herbin Jean Pierre Lépine Maped Pierre Cardin Récife ST Dupont Yves Saint Laurent

Germany	Diplomat Faber-Castell Garant Graf von Faber-Castell Kaweco Lamy Montblanc Online Pelikan Rotring Schneider Schwan-Stabilo Senator Staedtler

India	Camlin Chelpark Luxor

Italy	Aurora Columbus Delta Marlen Montegrappa OMAS Stipula Visconti

Japan	Nakaya Namiki Ohto Pentel Pilot Platinum Sailor Tombow Uni-ball Zebra

Poland	Zenith

Portugal	MAB Viarco

Russia	Krasin STAMM

Spain	Inoxcrom

Sweden	Ballograf

Switzerland	Caran d'Ache

Turkey	Adel Scrikss

United Kingdom	Ajoto Conway Stewart Dunhill Onoto Twiss Pens Worcester Pen Company Yard-O-Led

United States	Bexley Broadwell Sudios Cross Esterbrook Eversharp Krone Paper Mate Parker Sheaffer Waterman Wearever

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